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The Untold Story Of How British India Once Ruled Over The Gulf – And Then Quietly Let It Slip Away
As recent as 1971, Indian rupees still circulated. Gulf trade relied on Indian shipping lines. Indian civil servants remained ...
When Dubai almost became a part of India
It's now largely forgotten that in the early 1900s, nearly a third of the Arabian Peninsula was under British India.
‘From British Raj tours to US theme parks, holidays evolved — there’s ‘anti-tourism’ now’
Professor Eric Zuelow discusses the evolution of tourism, from the elite 'Grand Tour' to modern mass tourism fueled by ...
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India’s Licence Raj offers America important lessons
J awaharlal Nehru, India’s first prime minister, and Donald Trump, America’s president, do not share many similarities. Nehru ...
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Early British Patent Grants - Nature
THE contributor of the “Calendar of Discovery and Invention” appearing in the pages of NATURE has in the issue for Feb. 26 fallen into a not uncommon error, when he records Mar.–2, 1617, as ...
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When Dubai almost became a part of India - BBC
It's now largely forgotten that in the early 1900s, nearly a third of the Arabian Peninsula was under British India.